Mishicot News column: Students collect water quality data from river

2:08 PM,
Nov. 7, 2013

Richard Heyroth of Mishicot, shown riding in the Pumpkinfest parade last month, recently participated in the Old Glory Honor Flight. He and other World War II veterans flew from Appleton to Washington, D.C., for a tour of the war memorials.

Written by

Virginia Parlato

Roncalli High School and University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc students recently went on a field trip to Mishicot to study the water quality of the East Twin River.

UW-Manitowoc student interns helped the high school students collect water quality data, including transparency, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, stream flow and macro invertebrate identification, to be studied in the classroom.

The class is using a curriculum guide developed by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the University of Wisconsin. ...